Register: Seminar Series | Learning from the stars: Out of My Later Years

Theme:Sharing, Smartness and Sustainability: Future Cities for Common ProsperityOrganizers:School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University;Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies, National University of SingaporeCo-organizers:China Institute of Urbanization, Zhejiang UniversityDepartment of Urban Development and Management, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University Scan the following QR codes to watch the event live: Main venue（with  Young Scholars Forum I）09:00-17:45Sub-venue：Young Scholars Forum II13:15-17:45Learn more:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gTzekGiz75oB_eqfogtWYA

Speaker: LIU Yukun, Assistant Professor, School of Management, Zhejiang UniversityHU Jun, Assitant Professor, Eindhoven University of TechnologyAndreas Alexiou, Assistant Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and ManagementZHOU Weihua, Professor, School of Management, Zhejiang UniversityVenue: ZOOM

Abstract:With successful elimination of the extreme poverty by the end of 2020, China aims to solve the problem of unbalanced development and narrow the gap between urban and rural areas in the new development era. An ultimate goal as outlined in the 14th five year plan is to march towards common prosperity for all through rural vitalization and a new pattern of integrated urban-rural development. In June 2021, the Chinese government issued Opinions on Supporting Zhejiang’s High-quality Development and Construction of Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone. Zhejiang takes on the critical mission of exploring paths, accumulating experience and providing demonstration in common prosperity. In this context, the Workshop on “Integrated Urban-rural Development and Common Prosperity” are jointly organized by China Academy for Rural Development and School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University, which will provide theoretical support for promoting integrated urban-rural development and realizing common prosperity.Learn more: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PJCj024-KXd1Dmx8XEOO-A

Abstract:At the end of 2020, the German government announced a massive €4 billion budget to support research projects addressing global warming and sustainability under its FONA (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit) strategy over the coming five years. China’s new five-year plan, released this March, confirms the country’s commitment to sustainability including peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Covid-19 has demonstrated that scientific collaboration plays a critical role in tackling complex challenges. In the same vein, environmental problems require a diversity of solutions based on scientific insights. Guided by its Sustainability Action Plan: A Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G), Zhejiang University is working to enhance sustainability-related education, research and operations through a variety of programmes and activities, such as the inaugural Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum (SGF).Contact: Ms. ZHENG Qi, Partnership Coordinator, qizheng95@zju.edu.cnWatch live streaming on the following platforms:Parallel Session I & Roundtable Discussion:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZhejiangUniversityChina/Parallel Session II & Roundtable Discussion:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZJU_ChinaParallel Session III & Roundtable Discussion:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ZhejiangUniversityChinaAlternatively, you can choose one-stop live-streaming through the link. This platform allows you to switch between different sessions.Handbook: Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum-HANDBOOK.pdf

The BRIDGE 2021 is about to start! Apply NOW! Apply Deadline: Aug 23.About BRIDGE 2021:In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic made people think more about what on earth a “normal” world should be. In 2021, there are only nine years left until 2030, the deadline set by the United Nations to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  What actions should we take to build a bridge to a sustainable future?  In response to this question, the BRIDGE (Better Responsibility Initiative - Design for Good Earth) Sustainable Design Action focuses on the SDGs. It brings together design talents from universities and companies around the world to address the SDGs using the design language, attempting to construct a bridge to a sustainable future through the lens of design.   Concretely, the BRIDGE Action focuses on 5 SDGs. They are “Quality Education”, “Decent Work and Economic Growth”, “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, and “Sustainable Consumption and Productions”, which will serve as the main design themes and subjects for discussion.  The BRIDGE Action is hosted by Zhejiang University under the Sustainability Action Plan: A Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G). In March 2021, Zhejiang University has launched Z4G in response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, aspiring to make a distinctive and positive impact by strengthening its commitment to the SDGs.Learn more: https://design.zju.edu.cn/bridge/?fbclid=IwAR0XBAF2UtLiBgvkKWkzHBwdHDzUjCAHg3WMSTcgopVdtqi-q0kUwbmZtQc#/Expert team:Prof. Shiro AokiHe is or was Good Design Award Fellow, COO of Japan-China Exchange Conference in Japan Design Consultant Association (JDCA), COO of Society for Design and Art Fusing with Science and Technology (SDAFST), Honorary member of Japanese Soci- ety for the Science of Design (JSSD).Prof. Makoto WatanabeMakoto Watanabe is a professor at the Department of Design, Division of Creative Engineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Japan. He is currently the Vice President of Chiba Univeristy, in charge of education and international affairs.His major interests include Industrial Design, Design Management and Design Expert System.Prof. Byung-keun OhByung-keun OH is a professor of Division of Design & Art in Yonsei University of Korea, and Vice president of Korea Society of Design Science. His general interests include information and media design, methodology of user research, design education, public service design, and design aesthetics.Prof. Mohan Rajesh ElaraDr. Mohan Rajesh Elara is currently a Professor with the Engineering Product Development Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He is also a visiting faculty member of the International Design Institute at Zhejiang University. He is the recipient of SG Mark Design Award in 2016, 2017 and 2018. His research interests are in robotics with an emphasis on self-reconfigurable platforms as well as research problems related to robot ergonomics and autonomous systems.Prof. FANG TianyingFANG Tianying is a professor at Zhejiang University. He is the Director of Computer Aided Product Innovation Design Engineering Center, Ministry of Education, Vice Director of Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Service Robot, Vice Dean of International Design Institute of ZJU, and Vice President and Secretary General of China Industrial Design Association.Prof. SUN LingyunSUN Lingyun is a professor at Zhejiang University. He is the Deputy Director of International Design Institute, Ng Teng Fong Chaired Professor and the director of ZJU-SUTD Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Alliance, and a deputy director of ZJU-Beidou Joint Innovation Design Engineering Center. His research interests include Design Intelligence, Innovation and Design, Information and Interaction Design.Prof. Maria Rita FerraraMaria Rita Ferrara is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano. She is the head of  the Material Design Culture Research Centre (MADEC)  of the Department of Design. Her present researchers focus in the Emerging Materials, Smart Materials and Bio-smart materials through a design approach, open innovation method and the mediation of design with different disciplines in the materials and products design development process.Prof. Preben HansenPreben Hansen is a Docent and Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction and Information Seeking at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.YAO LiningYAO Lining is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, directing the Morphing Matter Lab.XUE HaifengXUE Haifeng is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology. He is currently on the  ‘Design for Mood Regulation’ project to develop a theory that details the mechanisms that underlie mood experiences in human-design interaction and explains how design-supported mood regulation can foster human well-being.Corporate Mentor:ZAI TianDirector of Alibaba Design Business Unit, responsible for co-operation between universities and Alibaba Design Committee, with over 15 years’ experience in internet user experience design, promoting user-centered design into practice in e-commerce area.

 

United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and SDG Bergen Science Advice at the University of Bergen are co-sponsoring a virtual side event Partnering to Educate the Ocean Science Leaders of the Future at the UN High-level- Political Forum in New York on Tuesday 6 July at 1:00pm – 2:30pm (EDT/New York time).Register for the event HERE. PROGRAMMEOPENING REMARKSMr. Omar Hernández, Public Information Officer, United Nations Academic ImpactOPENING KEYNOTEAmbassador Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, speaks on the topic: The fundamental connection between science, ocean literacy and funding SDG14PANEL DEBATEWe present an all-women panel, who will provide examples of how local knowledge is used in research and higher education – including examples of funding opportunities, experiences working with government bodies to strengthen ocean-related science, how academia can contribute to raising ocean literacy awareness, and more.PANELLISTSProfessor Lise Øvreås, Scientific Director, SDG Bergen OceanProfessor Isabel Ansorge, Marine Research Institute, University of Cape TownDr. Natalya Gallo, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen and UN Ocean Decade ECOP representativeDr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Director, Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures, University of the West IndiesMODERATORProfessor Edvard Hviding, Scientific Director, SDG Bergen Science Advice